Jennifer E. Miller News and Bio |
My studio is open by appointment: 919-644-8637, [email protected]
My co-op has a website:
http://skylightgallerync.wordpress.com
We host guest artists at our Skylight Gallery and also participate in the Hillsborough Arts Council's art walk, so my studio is open to the public during the Last Friday celebration (which three of us in our co-op founded), last Friday of the month Feb. - Nov., 6-9 p.m. My studio is also open by appointment.
“How did these beautiful rainbow-tints get into the shell of our fresh-water clam, buried in the mud at the bottom of our dark river?” - Henry D. Thoreau
Art Walk web site:
http://www.hillsboroughartscouncil.org/#!last-fridays-art-walk/c1g62
The best photos of my work and of me were taken by a great photographer, Donn Young. Here is his web site:
http://donnyoung.com
I attended UNC-CH, worked as a journalist in NC and as a criminal defense investigator in New Orleans and then back in NC for many years before assuming a full-time life as a visual artist and writer of short stories both fictional and true.
My husband is Bob Hall, activist and retired director of Democracy NC - www.democracy-nc.org and our daughter is Cecelia Hall, an opera singer - ceceliahall.com, who is married to another brilliant singer, Sam Levine - samuellevinetenor.com
My co-op has a website:
http://skylightgallerync.wordpress.com
We host guest artists at our Skylight Gallery and also participate in the Hillsborough Arts Council's art walk, so my studio is open to the public during the Last Friday celebration (which three of us in our co-op founded), last Friday of the month Feb. - Nov., 6-9 p.m. My studio is also open by appointment.
“How did these beautiful rainbow-tints get into the shell of our fresh-water clam, buried in the mud at the bottom of our dark river?” - Henry D. Thoreau
Art Walk web site:
http://www.hillsboroughartscouncil.org/#!last-fridays-art-walk/c1g62
The best photos of my work and of me were taken by a great photographer, Donn Young. Here is his web site:
http://donnyoung.com
I attended UNC-CH, worked as a journalist in NC and as a criminal defense investigator in New Orleans and then back in NC for many years before assuming a full-time life as a visual artist and writer of short stories both fictional and true.
My husband is Bob Hall, activist and retired director of Democracy NC - www.democracy-nc.org and our daughter is Cecelia Hall, an opera singer - ceceliahall.com, who is married to another brilliant singer, Sam Levine - samuellevinetenor.com
Diamond Installation "Aspire" below, with Tom Guthrie, Michael Brown, Hunter Levinsohn,
Bob Hall, Jayne Bomberg, Steven Brouillard and Jackie Liggins
Bob Hall, Jayne Bomberg, Steven Brouillard and Jackie Liggins
Art Exhibitions and Awards (partial):
*Solo Exhibit, DeBerry Gallery, NC Botanical Garden, Chapel Hill, NC, May-June 2021
* Better Days, solo exhibition of landscape paintings, Skylight Gallery, 102 W. King Street, Hillsborough, NC Nov. 27-Jan. 24, 2021.
*Colonial Inn Artist Initiative, 5 paintings juried in August 2020, Hillsborough, NC.
*GreenHill Center for NC Art, Winter Show, Greensboro, NC, 2019-2020.
*Ephemeral, Eno Gallery, invitational, March 2019, Hillsborough, NC.
*Something Old, Something New, co-op show Skylight Gallery, January 2019, Hillsborough NC.
*Diamond Installation titled "Aspire," sculpture made with seven other artists (Jayne Bomberg, Jackie Liggins, Hunter Levinsohn, Steven Brouillard, Michael Brown, Bob Hall and Tom Guthrie), for the Skylight Gallery's "The Walls We Build" group exhibit, June-July 2018 (see photos above).
*New Paintings, Landscape solo show, Eno Gallery, Hillsborough NC 2018, February 2018.
*At The Table, Eno Gallery group exhibition, Hillsborough, NC January-February 2017.
*Skylight Gallery, "Political" group exhibition, Hillsborough, NC October 2016.
*"Wild Ponies," solo exhibition, Eno Gallery, Hillsborough, NC 2016.
*Painting titled "Passage, Eno River" selected by Orange County Arts Commission for a permanent collection of artwork representing each county of the state in Raleigh, at the new Emergency Management building in Raleigh, 2015.
* Curated and participated in numerous guest and group shows at the Skylight Gallery, Hillsborough Artists Cooperative, 102 W. King., Hillsborough NC,
*Open Studio, Art Walk, Hillsborough Arts Council, Hillsborough, NC 2009-2016.
*Invitational exhibiting artist, Eno Gallery, Hillsborough, NC 2011-2015, with two solo exhibits, “Right and Left”, and “In Dreams.”
*Solo exhibition, “Country Soul,” Churton Street Gallery, Hillsborough, NC, 2010.
*Dimensions 2010, Associated Artists of Winston-Salem national juried exhibition, 2010.
*Somerhill Gallery’s 32nd Annual Holiday Exhibition Invitational, Durham, NC 2009.
*Durham Art Guild’s 55th Annual Juried Exhibition, two paintings accepted, Durham, NC 2009.
*“Carolina’s Got Art,” juried two-state exhibition, Atherton Mill, Charlotte, NC 2009.
*Radius 250, Artspace’s regional juried exhibition, Richmond, VA 2009.
*“From the Center Out: Piedmont Artists Celebrate North Carolina,” juried exhibition, Art & Soul Gallery, Mebane, NC 2009.
*“Scope, The North Carolina Landscape,” Visual Art Exchange juried exhibition, Raleigh, NC, 2009.
*Invited to participate in Door County, Wisconsin, Plein Air Festival (40 artists selected nationally out of 600 considered), for July 2009 in Fish Creek, Wisconsin (sponsored by Peninsula Art School).
*DImensions 2009, national juried exhibit, one painting accepted, Associated Artists of Winston-Salem, NC, 2009.
*“Up Close and Personal,” juried members exhibition, three paintings, Associated Artists of Winston-Salem, NC, 2009.
*Somerhill Gallery Holiday Art Exhibition, Durham, NC 2008.
*Town and Country” juried exhibit of NC landscapes, Junior League and Visual Art Exchange sponsors, two paintings accepted, Raleigh, NC 2008.
*Friends of Riverbend Park juried “paint-out” on the Potomoc River, Great Falls, Virginia, 2008.
*Alamance County Arts Council group show of mill paintings, Graham, NC 2008.
*Solo exhibit, 20 paintings, NC Academy of Trial Lawyers, Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh, NC 2008.
*NC Landscape juried exhibition “SCOPE,” Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh, NC 2008.
*Juried Professional Membership awarded by Associated Artists of Winston-Salem, NC. 2008.
*Dimensions 2008 national juried exhibit, Associated Artists of Winston-Salem, NC. 2008
*Duke Health Hospital/Visual Art Exchange community exhibit, 16 paintings, Raleigh, NC. 2008.
*Somerhill Gallery Holiday Art Exhibition, Chapel Hill, NC 2007.
*Visual Art Exchange juried “N.E.W.” exhibition, Honorable Mention, Raleigh, NC 2007.
* Friends of Riverbend Park juried “paint-out” on the Potomoc River, Great Falls, Virginia 2007.
* Visual Art Exchange juried NC Landscape exhibition “Scope,” Raleigh, NC 2007.
*The Wilmington Art Association Annual Spring Art Exhibition, juried, two pieces accepted, Wilmington, NC 2007.
* “Holiday Art Exhibition,” Somerhill Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC, 2006.
* “The American Landscape,” national juried exhibition, Associated Artists of Winston-Salem, NC, two paintings accepted, 2006.
* “Aquatica,” group show invitational, Somerhill Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC, 2006.
* Purchase of existing art, juried, Orange County Arts Commission, NC, selected the watercolor “Box Elder” for purchase, 2006.
* “hills.valleys.vistas.views.art,” invitational five-person landscape painting exhibition, Somerhill Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC 2006.
* “Through Women’s Eyes, By Women’s Hands,” two paintings in juried exhibition, Chapel Hill, NC, 2006.
* “Holiday Art Exhibition,” Somerhill Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC, 2005.
* ”Face Value,” juried exhibition, Associated Artists of Winston-Salem, NC, 2005.
* ”Art as If the Earth Mattered,” national juried exhibition, Asheville, NC Arts Council, 2005.
* “Best In North Carolina,” 2nd place Oil Painting, Best of Book Series, Kennedy Promotions, Juried Competition, 2005.
* Granted artist residency for September 2005, Glen Arbor, Michigan (Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore).
* Radius 250, juried exhibition, Artspace, Richmond, VA, 2005.
* Community Council for the Arts national juried exhibition, Kinston, NC, 2005.
* “Representing Representation,” Somerhill Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC, 2005.
* Fifth Biennial Coastal Plains Juried Show, Arts Council of Wilson, Wilson, NC, 2005 (nine paintings shown).
* Juried Exhibition, Horace Williams House, Chapel Hill, NC, 2004.
* “Holiday Art Exhibition,” Somerhill Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC, 2004.
* Associated Artists of Winston-Salem “State of the Art,” NC juried show, 2004; “Dimensions 2000,” national juried show, purchase award.
* Watercolor Society of North Carolina juried show (winner of Da Vinci Paint Company Award), Boone, 2004; Manteo, 2000.
* ”The New Familiar,” two-artist plein air landscape painting exhibition at the historic Burwell School, Hillsborough, NC, 2004.
* “Through Women’s Eyes, Chapel Hill (NC) Women’s Center statewide juried exhibition, 2004, 2000, 1995.
* North Carolina Arts Gallery, invitational group show, Carrboro, NC, 2004.
* “One Hundred Under Five Hundred,” invitational group show at Lee Hansley Gallery, 2004, 2003, Raleigh, NC.
* “Best in the Triangle,” juried exhibition, Lee Hansley Gallery, Raleigh, NC, 2004.
* Orange County Open Studio Tour, NC, 1996-1998, 2000-2004.
* Awarded Emerging Artist grants from Durham Arts Council,NC, 1994, 1999.
* Centerfest arts festival (juried), Durham, NC, 2000-2003, three purchase awards, third place two-dimensional art award, 2002.
* Airlie Gardens arts festival (juried), Wilmington, NC, 2003.
* Chapel Hill “Arts ‘Round Town” arts festival, selected as a “featured artist,” 2003.
* Chapel Hill Museum group exhibition of paintings from the Coker Arboretum (invitational); painting included in book about the Arboretum, 2003.
* Artsplosure arts festival (juried), Raleigh, NC 2002, 2001.
* ”Eno River Paintings” solo exhibition, Hillsborough Artists Cooperative Gallery, NC, 2002.
* Durham Arts Council “Traditional Painters” exhibition, 2001; faculty exhibition, 2000.
* Chapel Hill/Carrboro ArtsCenter, NC, faculty show, 2001; watercolor artists group exhibition, 1999; solo exhibition, 1995.
* Blowing Rock “Art in the Park” juried arts festival, 2001.
* Chapel Hill, NC, Public Arts Commission shows 1995,1996, 1999.
* Solo portrait exhibition, Hillsborough Artists Cooperative Gallery, NC, 2000.
* ”Autumnal,” solo exhibition of landscape paintings, Green Tara Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC, 2000.
* Bradiggins Arts & Crafts Gallery, solo exhibition, Hillsborough, NC, 1998.
* Orange County Historical Museum” solo exhibitions, Hillsborough, NC, 1995, 1998.
* Carteret Contemporary Art Gallery, Morehead City, NC 1995-1997.
* Horace Williams House juried group exhibition, Chapel Hill, NC, 1996.
* ”Peak Week” arts festival, Apex, NC, awarded blue ribbon, 1995.
* Art Connection,” Oxford Book Store, Atlanta, GA, 1994.
* 14th Annual Philadelphia Art Show, PA, 1994.
* Wake Visual Arts Association “N.E.W.” exhibition, juried, Raleigh, NC 1994.
Other:
* Eno River painting selected for limited edition lithographic print for Eno River Association, Durham, NC, 2003, and another for calendar cover.
* Led public “Drawathon” at “Last Friday” arts celebration in downtown Hillsborough, NC, 2003.
* Painted 12 historical portraits in artist Michael Brown’s mural in Orange County courthouse, Hillsborough, NC 2003.
* Commissioned to paint oil portrait of Judge Walter Henderson, public hanging of portrait in Trenton, NC, courthouse, 2003.
* Featured in documentary “Troubled Waters,” UNC-TV, 2003.
* Co-founder of Hillsborough Arts Council’s “Last Fridays” monthly arts celebration, 1999.
* Painted 15 historical portraits in artist Michael Brown’s mural in the Greensboro Public Library, NC, 1998.
* Awarded commission to paint two judges’ portraits in oil by local bar association, portraits of Judge Patricia Love and Judge Stanley Peele hang in the Orange County Courthouse, 1996.
*UNC Athletic Association commissions to draw charcoal portraits of All-American wrestlers, 1995.
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